literacy
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The end of articles about “the end of reading”: Countless pundits, teachers, and researchers have warned that we are in the middle of a literacy crisis.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
Perhaps the most sobering statistic in this documentary is that there are eight million adults in the UK who struggle with even basic levels of literacy.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“That’s your decision in regard to whether or not you use it,” said Norman Weekes, the AI literacy educator and entrepreneur who presented the topic to the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Today we are more likely to plug the passage into a chatbot to determine its source and then move on to social media, where rudimentary reading thrives yet true literacy withers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Our earliest written information about Japan comes from Chinese chronicles, because China developed literacy long before it spread from China to either Korea or Japan.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Power Suffix: -acy
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